'Holiday'

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Cultivar epithet:  'Holiday'

Species/hybrid:  Heliconia angusta

Description:  Erect inflorescence; 4 to 8 distichous bracts, red, pinkish-red, or pink, basal bract with green on distal keel and tip; rachis red to pink-red; sepals white with green tint on distal fourth; ovary red, yellowish-red distally; pedicel light red. Vegetation musoid. Height 0.6 to 1.2 m (2 to 4 feet).

Nominant:  D. Ball

Publication:  Berry, F. and W.J. Kress. 1991. Heliconia: An identification guide. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington.

Heliconia angusta 'Holiday'

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